Former Rugeley Power Station, Armitage Road, Armitage, Rugeley

1. 24 Apr 2025

   Received by Cannock Chase

2. 22 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 19 June 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   Cannock Chase took a median of 53 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with Cannock Chase for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Cannock Chase's median decision took 53 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

This application sits outside the common categories, and the council record linked on this page sets out the specific procedure that applies. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Former Rugeley Road Power Station

  CH/23/0312/A Submitted 25 Sep 2024 122m away

  Application to discharge condition 7 in respect to all through school access road pursuant to approval of reserved matters ref CH/23/0312

  Granted Conditions 4 docs

• Former Rugeley Power Station Armitage Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1PR

  23/00064/FULM Submitted 20 Dec 2022 265m away

  Erection of a 132kV GIS substation integrated into the existing 400kV substation, including new GIS building, substation equipment, access road, loading and parking area, fencing and associated works

  Granted Full applications 59 docs
  Major scheme

• Former Rugeley Power Station Site and Go, Rugeley Power Station, Rugeley, WS15 1NZ

  CH/19/201/C Submitted 9 Jul 2021 269m away

  Application to partial discharge conditions (6,7,8,9,10,11, 13, 16, 19, 24 & 51) Pursuant to CH/19/201. (Design Brief, Compliance Statement, Landscape Management Plan, Construction Environment Management Plan, Ecological Mitigation Strategy, Surface Water Drainage Strategy, fluvial flood storage).

  Granted Conditions 23 docs

• Former Rugeley Power Station, Power Station Road, Rugeley, WS15 2HS

  CH/19/201/A Submitted 14 Apr 2021 288m away

  Application to partial discharge Condition 18 (i)(ii)(iv) (Remediation works) Pursuant to CH/19/201.

  Granted Conditions 13 docs

• Former Rugeley Power Station, Former Rugeley Power Station, Rugeley

  CH/19/201/S Submitted 12 Sep 2024 289m away

  Application to discharge conditions 12 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) and 15 (Tree/hedgerow protection) pursuant to application CH/19/201

  Granted Trees 9 docs

• Former Rugeley Power Station, Power Station Road, Rugeley, WS15 2HS

  CH/19/201/B Submitted 14 Apr 2021 301m away

  Application for partial discharge of Condition 23 (archaeology). Pursuant to CH/19/201

  Granted Conditions 6 docs

• CH/25/0344/A Awaiting decision

  Hagley Field, with access from Rugeley Leisure Centre

  Discharge of condition 1 (Statutory biodviersity information) of planning application CH/25/0344

  10 Mar 2026 Other
• CH/25/0135 Awaiting decision

  John Bamford Primary School, Crabtree Lane, Etching Hill, Rugeley

  Staffordshire County Council consultation in connection with application for Demolition of existing volumetric teaching block and replacement with new volumetric teaching block and replacement hard play area (25/0018/PNOPD) at John Bamford Primary School, Crabtree Lane, Etching Hill, Rugeley

  23 Apr 2025 Other
• CH/25/0119 Awaiting decision

  Land at Premier Inn, Watling Street, Hatherton, WS11 1SF

  South Staffs District Council consultation in connection with application for erection of a 1.8m high fence bordering highways land(25/00239/FUL), Land At Premier Inn, Watling Street, Hatherton, WS11 1SF

  10 Apr 2025 Other
• CH/25/0117 Decided

  Land South Off, Armitage Road, Armitage, Rugeley

  Lichfield District Council consultation in connection with application for Change of use from agricultural to woodland and equestrian use, the erection of a building to allow for storage of woodland machinery and stabling of horses and the provision of a menage (25/00382/COU) at (Land South Off, Armitage Road, Armitage, Rugeley)

  9 Apr 2025 Other
• CH/24/282 Granted

  Poplars Landfill Site, Lichfield Road, CANNOCK, WS11 8NQ

  Staffordshire County Council consultation in connection with application for Screening Opinion in connection with variation of conditions 1, 3, 10 and 11 of Planning Permission SCC/23/0114/VOC to reverse the direction of working (ref. SCC/24/0051/VOC) at Poplars Landfill Site, Lichfield Road, CANNOCK, WS11 8NQ

  16 Oct 2024 Other